AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15, CHAPTER 20, SECTIONS 2011, 2041, 2049 TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIFORMED CLOSURE PERIOD FOR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO GENERAL ELECTION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend §2011, Chapter 20, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by

adding at the end of subsection (a) a sentence to read as follows:

"No person shall be permitted to register during the period beginning 20 days before each general election through election day."

Section 2. Amend §2041, Chapter 20, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by

deleting the phrase "except during the period from the third Saturday in October of a general election year" and substituting in lieu thereof "except during the period beginning 20 days before each general election."

Section 3. Amend §2049, Chapter 20, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by deleting from the third Saturday in October of that year and substituting in lieu thereof from 20 days before each general election."